Chicken Leg Fricassee 8 Qt Pressure Cooker Recipes

CHICKEN LEG FRICASSEE - 8-QT PRESSURE COOKER

Steps:

• Trim tops of carrots to 1-inch. Set aside. Tie thyme and sage sprigs together with cooking twine.
• Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt and pepper. Place flour in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken in flour. (Alternatively, put flour and salt and pepper in a strong plastic zip bag and one-at-a-time shake chicken leg quarter in bag and press flour onto chicken.) Let chicken pieces rest on a plate (chicken pieces not touching each other) until Step 5.
• Melt butter in an 8-quart pressure cooker over medium-high heat.
• Add oil to cooker, swirl to coat.
• Place 2 chicken leg quarters, flesh side down, in cooker. Sauté 5 minutes or until browned. Set aside (fresh plate) until Step 9.
• Repeat Step 5 with remaining 2 chicken quarters. When browned, they can be be added to the other chicken leg quarters.
• Place mushrooms in cooker. Sauté 4 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Remove mushrooms from cooker using a slotted spoon.
• Stir in wine, scraping cooker to loosen browned bits. Bring to a boil; cook 30 seconds.
• Add chicken, tied herb sprigs, and broth to cooker.
• Close lid securely. Bring to high pressure over high heat. Reduce heat to medium or level needed to maintain high pressure. Cook 6 minutes.
• Remove cooker from heat. Use quick release method favored by your pressure cooker manufacturer: release pressure through steam vent, or place cooker under cold running water to release pressure.
• Remove lid, directing steam away from you.
• Transfer chicken to a platter.
• Remove vegetables from cooker using a slotted spoon; arrange on the platter with the chicken. Cover and keep warm.
• Strain cooking liquid through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a large bowl. Discard solids.
• Transfer liquid to a large, wide skillet over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1 cup (about 12 minutes).
• Stir chopped thyme and sage into sauce. Serve sauce with chicken and vegetables.

A YUMMY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP (8-QT. PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• GARLIC GINGER CHICKEN BROTH.
• Combine salt, peppercorns, carrots, celery, onions, bay leaves, thyme sprigs, parsley sprigs, ginger and garlic in an 8-quart or larger pressure cooker pot.
• Place spatchcocked chicken on top. Add water, but do not let liquid level rise above 2/3 marker on pot.
• Secure lid. Bring to HIGH pressure and cook at pressure for 24 minutes. Let pressure release naturally.
• Remove lid. Transfer chicken to a platter to cool. Strain broth into a large bowl. Remove carrots and reserve for use in Noodle Soup; let them cool. Discard other solids from strainer.
• I recommend making the broth the night before and allowing time for it to cool before refrigerating. (That gives you plenty of time to pressure cook a second batch of chicken if it didn't all fit in your cooker.) The next day it's easy to remove the layer of chicken fat from the top of the gelatinous broth. (Broth can be stored in a refrigerator for 3 days or frozen for 3 months.).
• While broth cools, slice reserved carrots into rounds and store in covered container in the refrigerator until making Noodle Soup.
• Shred chicken meat from the bones. Discard skin, bones, and cartilage. Cover and refrigerate shredded chicken until making Noodle Soup.
• NOODLE SOUP.
• Remove fat layer from broth and return to pressure cooker pot. (Actually, tonight you don't have to cook under pressure so Noodle Soup can be prepared in a regular pot or in the pressure cooker pot, your choice. However, if you need fresh carrots, chop 2 medium raw carrots and use the pressure cooker at pressure.).
• Bring the broth to a boil.
• Add shredded chicken, pressure-cooked carrot rounds, and dry noodles and cook until noodles are al dente, about 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the noodles (see package). (If using raw carrots, I would bring all to HIGH pressure and cook at pressure for 10 minutes, even though the noodles would be over-cooked - who wants hard carrots! Follow the p.c. manual's directions for quick release. For my Cooks Essentials p.c., I need to let it release naturally for at least 15 minutes before gingerly pressing the release button.) If omitting mushrooms, go to Step 16.
• OPTIONAL MUSHROOMS.
• Meanwhile, on medium heat in a non-stick sauté pan, heat butter and sauté mushroom wedges until soft. If desired, add a splash of dry sherry or dry white wine and raise heat to cook off liquid, stirring mushrooms constantly.
• Stir mushrooms into soup.
• Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with chopped parsley.